Last chance to stream 'Titanic,' 'Top Gun' on Netflix

By Brandon Griggs, CNN

Updated 9:30 AM ET, Tue December 31, 2013

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Netflix no more – Due to expiring licenses, more than 80 movies and TV shows will vanish from Netflix's streaming lineup on January 1. Among them are this 1997 epic, "Titanic", starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet. "Titanic" was the biggest box-office hit ever until it was passed by "Avatar" in 2009.

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Netflix no more – "Top Gun" -- This fighter-jet action movie made Tom Cruise a global superstar while personifying the hawkish politics of the '80s.

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Netflix no more – "Being John Malkovich" -- This comedy fantasy, with Catherine Keener and John Cusack, was one of the most inventive films of the '90s.

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Netflix no more – "Braveheart" -- Mel Gibson's bloody 1995 epic about Scottish warrior William Wallace won five Oscars, including Best Picture.

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Netflix no more – "Do the Right Thing" -- Spike Lee's 1989 masterwork chronicled racial tensions on a sweltering summer day in Brooklyn. Danny Aiello, center, played the owner of a pizzeria.

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Netflix no more – "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" -- Winslet and Jim Carrey starred in this 2004 sci-fi romance. The script, by "Being John Malkovich's" Charlie Kaufman, won an Oscar.

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Netflix no more – "Flashdance" -- Hard to believe it's been 30 years since this '80s hit about a steelworker (Jennifer Beals) who longs to be a professional dancer. It spawned several hit songs ("What a Feeling") and fashion trends (leg warmers).

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Netflix no more – "Roman Holiday" -- This 1953 classic starred Audrey Hepburn as a pampered princess visiting Italy and Gregory Peck as the reporter who charms her.

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Netflix no more – "Platoon" -- Oliver Stone's searing Vietnam War drama starred Charlie Sheen (not pictured), Tom Berenger and Willem Dafoe. It won the Oscar for Best Picture of 1986.

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Netflix no more – "Dark Shadows" -- Netflix is pulling the 1960s TV series from its streaming lineup. This photo is from the 2012 film starring Johnny Depp.

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Netflix no more – "October Sky" -- In one of his first films, Jake Gyllenhaal plays a coal miner's son who longs to be a rocket scientist, to the dismay of his father (Chris Cooper).

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Netflix no more – "The Odd Couple" -- Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon played a mismatched pair of roommates in this 1968 comedy hit. It later became a popular TV show and inspired the "Grumpy Old Men" movies.

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Netflix no more – "The Mask of Zorro" -- Antonio Banderas starred in this 1998 swashbuckler.

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Netflix no more – "As Good as It Gets" -- Helen Hunt won an Oscar for her performance opposite Jack Nicholson in this unorthodox 1998 romantic comedy.

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Netflix no more – "Mr. Bean" -- Comedian Rowan Atkinson plays the clueless title character in this popular British TV series.

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Netflix no more – "The Kids in the Hall" -- This TV series starring a Canadian sketch-comedy troupe was a late-'80s and early-'90s hit in Canada and on CBS and HBO in the United States.

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Story highlights

More than 80 movies, shows will no longer be available to stream on Netflix on Wednesday

List includes "Titanic," "Top Gun," "Being John Malkovich," "The Kids in the Hall"

The company's DVD customers may still order the discs in the mail

If you're planning to stay home New Year's Day and stream classic movies on Netflix, you may be out of luck.

More than 80 movies and a handful of TV shows -- including "Titanic," "Top Gun" and some seasons of "Saturday Night Live" -- will no longer be available for streaming through the site as of Wednesday, according to a post on Reddit.

It was not clear who posted the list, but a search on Netflix for many of the titles reveals that they will indeed expire Wednesday for Netflix's nearly 40 million streaming subscribers. The company's DVD customers -- it has about 7 million in the U.S. -- may still order the discs in the mail.

A spokesperson for Netflix told CNN that the company routinely adds and deletes titles from its streaming service due to licensing contracts.

The list of streaming movies due to expire includes such favorites as "Being John Malkovich," "Braveheart," "Do the Right Thing," "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind," "Flashdance," "Roman Holiday," "Platoon" and "War Games."

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(It also includes "Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo" and "Killer Klowns From Outer Space.")

Among the TV shows being purged from Netflix's streaming menu: the original "Dark Shadows," "Mr Bean" and "The Kids in the Hall."

A number of new titles also will become available for streaming on Netflix at or near the first of the year, including "Jack Reacher," "The Talented Mr. Ripley," "Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters" and seasons 5-8 of "Dexter," the spokesperson said.